Shelter security for the poor
Empowering Communities Through Affordable Housing
Building Resilient and Sustainable Neighbourhoods
Creating Hope Through Safe and Secure Homes
Shelter security is the need of the hour.
DHAN HOPE secures decent homes for poor communities — through affordable credit, low-cost technology, training, research and policy advocacy. Because housing is more than a place to live; it is an expression of equality and justice.
India's housing shortage could reach 110 million units — while over 200 million people live in acutely poor housing or on the streets.
Despite government schemes, access remains distant for the poorest because of the gap between need and available resources.
At the national level DHAN influences policy in favour of the poor; at the district level, working with the administration and commercial banks, it secures funds and entitlements. DHAN HOPE turns that reach into homes.
See how our model worksFour ways we offer shelter security.
Credit for Shelter
Affordable housing finance routed through community institutions to households that mainstream banks overlook.
Technical Expertise
Low-cost, environmentally sound construction technologies that make a decent home achievable.
Training & Research
Building the capabilities of communities and institutions to manage their own habitat development.
Policy Advocacy
Influencing housing policy and securing entitlements so the poor can access what is rightfully theirs.
From a new roof to a new home.
Our products are shaped by the real needs of poor communities — from incremental upgrades to the construction of a whole new house.
Seven shelter products across the housing journey.
View allThe poor are bankable — and we prove it.
Our finance model is built on nested institutions around community banking: creating demand for entitlements, leveraging community savings into bank linkages, and bridging finance for remote areas through the People Institutions of the DHAN Collective.
Meet our collaborators
A second innings through Kalanjiam
When a road-widening drive demolished the homes of 17 families overnight, their Kalanjiam self-help group — and the federation behind it — refused to let their story end there.
Read the storyHelp us build a housing eco-system for the poor.
Whether you are a funder, a bank, a government partner or a philanthropist — there is a role for you.
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